independentist

English

Etymology

From independent +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪndəˈpɛndəntɪst/

Noun

independentist (plural independentists)

1. One who favours independence (of a non-independent state).

   Synonym: separatist

   • 1980, Migration Today‎^[1], volumes 8-9:

     The independentists denounced dependency as colonial lackeyism

   • 2004, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947, page 182:

     Between 1939 and 1947 the independentists concerned themselves primarily with the welfare of the Polish majority.

   • 2013, Various, The Routledge Handbook of European Criminology, page 486:

     Although a classification of terrorism activities can vary, the most active terrorist groups in those years can be divided into extremist and separatist / independentist movements.

   • 2014, Jaime Lluch, Visions of Sovereignty, page 106:

     Most were inclined to identify strongly with Québec, but they were less monolithic than the independentists in their self-identification, given that some were willing to express a dual identity.

Related terms

• independentism
• independence

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: independentista (ca) m or f
• French: indépendantiste (fr) m or f
• Galician: independentista (gl) m or f
• German: Unabhängigkeitskämpfer m, Unabhängigkeitskämpferin f, Unabhängigkeitsbefürworter m, Unabhängigkeitsbefürworterin f
• Italian: indipendentista (it) m or f
• Portuguese: independentista m or f
• Sicilian: nnipinnintista
• Spanish: independentista (es) m or f